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...most exciting thing to come along since Man o' War. But elsewhere in the U.S., there were growls and sour grapes from the basketball cult. The accusations ranged from "outright professionalism" to doctoring home-court baskets, and all of them were aimed at heavy-jowled Adolph Rupp, the Kentucky coach...
Vitamins & No Secrets. Rupp, a University of Kansas man, who doesn't mind being called "the most hated coach in Dixie," is an organizing genius. His enemies like to say that he hog-ties promising young talent developed back in the hills, puts shoes on them, and before anybody knows what is happening, they are Kentucky basketball stars...
...Rupp Sheds Light...
...Alex Rupp, in the 128 class, has been getting almost too heavy for his position lately. Chafee says Rupp's weight-gaining pounds home the need for some more lightweights on the team. But that doesn't mean that Bill Joyner at 121 and Chip Carter at 136 aren't a feather in any coaches...
...University of Kentucky's tall and terrifying basketball team (record: 33 wins, two defeats) ambled nonchalantly onto Madison Square Garden's polished floor. Their coach, heavy-jowled Adolph Rupp, hadn't even bothered to get a scouting report on the enemy team. Kentucky was dangerously cocky-with the N.C.A.A. championship hinging on the game. And before anybody had a chance to work up a sweat, Kentucky had scored 13 points to Baylor's one. There just wasn't anything that Baylor could do about 6 ft. 7 in. Alex ("The Nose") Groza, Kentucky...